Author: stuart taylor
Date: 01:49:05 11/11/03
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On November 11, 2003 at 00:22:11, Russell Reagan wrote: >On November 10, 2003 at 22:58:55, Dan Sicerly wrote: > >>just my opinion, harsh but nevertheless an opinion, is the charter of CCC to >>stifle freedom of speech, however brash?? Or do i have say things only you >>approve of?? > >You are confusing the real world with a privately owned forum. There is no free >speech here. If the owners of the server on which this website resides decide to >ban anyone whose opinion they disagree with, they are free to do so. If the >people they put in charge (the elected moderators) think your opinion doesn't >belong here, they are well within their rights to ban you. Posting here is a >priveledge, not a right. > >Think about it. If you bought your own server and ran a website with a forum, >you are free to do whatever you like with that server (within the law). If you >want to let people join a forum and ban them just for fun, you're well within >your right to do so. If that's the case, then most people msy agree weith you, whilst others will just carry on going on about free speech, ignoring the ownership issue. But I say in the middle, that even if something is private owned, if it brings in many people and is established with friends involved etc. and is already a social body etc. It may be well within the owners rights, but not necesarily moral! (and therefore must be carefully weighed before being harsh with a persons "rights" of free speech, because he already gave of his time etc.) [no need for any moderator to reply to this. I didn't mean anything about this forum necesariy. I'm talking from general interest]. S.Taylor
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